We’ve ranked the 15 Big Cities and five Small Cities and Towns (as well as six “On the Cusp” places) from our 17th annual list, and plotted them out on the following map. You can click on any bubble to jump directly to that place, then zoom in to street level (just double-click on the area you’d like to zoom into). Or click “Back to Beginning” to return to the global view. And, of course, read the text-only article here and in the pages of our Winter 2017 issue. MM

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